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In Cape Coast Castle, the underground dungeon was a space of terror, death, and darkness. This stood as a direct juxtaposition to the European living quarters and commanding heights of the administrative quarters above, whose occupants lived relatively luxuriously.
Door of Return (previously the Door of No Return) at Cape Coast Castle, Ghana. The Door of Return is an emblem of African Renaissance and is a pan-African initiative that seeks to launch a new era of cooperation between Africa and its diaspora in the 21st century. [1]
Cape Coast Castle Museum is an ethnography and archeological museum located in Cape Coast, Ghana. [1] It was established in 1974. [2] See also. List of museums in Ghana;
English: The "Door of no return" through which the slaves left the castle when they were shipped away. It was not possible for any of them to ever return to their homeland. In July 2009, at his first official visit to sub-Saharan Africa President Obama visited the castle and symbolically passed through this door and then back to the caste.
Kamala Harris, the first Black U.S. vice president, on Saturday begins a historic first trip while in office to Africa, with stops scheduled in Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia during her weeklong tour.
Phipps began his career with the Royal African Company in 1703. [2] He served as a writer (a junior employee) at Cape Coast Castle, as agent at James Fort in Accra, and as Chief Agent and Warehouse-Keeper at Cape Coast Castle, before being appointed as the company's Captain-General (with both civil and military authority) on 23 July 1719.
Cape Coast has been experiencing an increasing number of tourists due to attractions such as the Cape Coast Castle (World Heritage Site), the Kakum National Park, and the PANAFEST festival. Although, access to areas such as compounds that houses shrines such as the "Tree Shrine", a silk cotton tree near anaafo market are prohibited. [35]
15 crew members die of wounds en route to Cape Coast Castle. 4 crew members die in the castle dungeons while awaiting trial and/or hanging. 13 of 17 members sentenced to Marshalsea Prison die during the passage to London. All 20 members sentenced to 7 years of labor in the Cape Coast mines die before finishing their sentence.